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Two Seasons, Two Strangers
2025 Japanese film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Two Seasons, Two Strangers (Japanese: 旅と日々, romanized: Tabi to Hibi, lit. 'Journeys and Days)' is a 2025 Japanese drama film written and directed by Sho Miyake, based on the manga "Mr. Ben and his Igloo, A View of the Seaside" by Yoshiharu Tsuge. It follows Lee, a scriptwriter who is processing what is happening in her life.[1][2]
The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 15 August 2025, where it won the Golden Leopard.[3]
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Cast
- Shim Eun-kyung as Lee
- Yuumi Kawai as Nagisa
- Mansaku Takada as Natsuo
- Shirō Sano
- Shinichi Tsutsumi as Ben-zō
Production
The film co-produced by Culture Entertainment, Sedic International, and TheFool was acquired by the Japanese distribution company Bitters End, for international sales and Japanese distribution in May 2025. It was featured in Cannes market lineup.[4]
Release
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Two Seasons, Two Strangers had its World Premiere at the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 15 August 2025, and competed for Golden Leopard.[5][6]
The film was presented in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section at the 73rd San Sebastián International Film Festival on 25 September 2025.[7][8] It also competed in the Competition section of the 30th Busan International Film Festival on September 19, 2025 for 'Bosan Awards'.[9]
It was also screened in International Perspective at the São Paulo International Film Festival on 20 October 2025.[10]
On 27 October it was screened at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival in the Wide Angle section.[11]
It will be screened in Open Zone section of the 2025 Stockholm International Film Festival on 10 November 2025.[12]
It was selected to compete in the Asian Feature Film Competition of the 36th Singapore International Film Festival and will have its Singapore Premiere on 3 December 2025.[13]
The film will be released on November 7, 2025 in Japanese theatres by Bitters End.[14][15] It is also slated to release in South Korea in the winter season.[16] Rights for the film were also acquired for the United States (Several Futures), Canada (Ritual), France (Art House Films), China (Unknown Pleasures Pictures), Taiwan (Sky Digi Entertainment), Hong Kong (Edko Films), Israel (Lev Cinemas), Greece (Weird Waves), Portugal (Leopardo Filmes), and Indonesia (PT Falcon).[14]
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